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Clarkson [ˈklɑːksən]

(Biographies / Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846) M, British, POLITICS: abolitionist) Thomas. 1760-1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery

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An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson.

Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context

[4] Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) and William Wilberforce

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